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Shooting event. what would make her call it an epidemic of gun violence? >> weve seen gun violence over the last year. its some reflection of more people out of work, more people in their homes, more people with health concerns than ever before in our life, and levels of support that they need from community members. that level of desperation, like i said, the issues of poverty, the issues of unemployment, all those types of things always end up being the generators of community kind of crime is...

Like the president has some grounds here. hes pushed back on the idea of de-funding the police. he obviously has a lengthy record on crime issues, some of which hes moved away from since the 1994 crime bill. but they believe hes the person in the party that can come out and talk about this, come out and address this. and thats what youre going to see today. a major focus on gun violence, but an overall effort to do something to address what has become a serious issue nationwide. >> all right, ph...

Documents. to get some access to the documents. and like they said, - documents. to get some access to the documents. and like they said, under| documents. and like they said, under pressure _ documents. and like they said, under pressure and — documents. and like they said, under pressure and the mayor of london come _ pressure and the mayor of london come out — pressure and the mayor of london come out and say, they have her full confidence _ come out and say, they have her full confidence...

Whats going on? >> reporter: its busy, because they have been working on this for two years. they are trying to get it done. think about the numbers. millions of lead pipes across the country. here alone, more than 19,000 lead pipes have been replaced already. take a look at the work these guys continue to do. pressured from community groups, from environmental groups, because of the impact it has on children. on their brains, their ability to learn, on their kidneys. i spoke with the head of on...

First time around." >> shannon at a minimum people want to feel safe in the communities. democrats and republicans need to do a better job of addressing it not just for blue states and blue cities but purple states in other jurisdictions as well. a rise for example in suburban, now higher than urban in many states in this country. it is a problem across the board. any kind of messaging from democrats around defunding the police is not just a nonstarter for political means, but also a nonstarter ...

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Ambassador to warm crime issues, steven rapp. thank you so much. ambassador, first to you, why does what caesar has produced and smuggled out to show the world, why is it so important? and what is your reaction that at least in the united states its done very little? >> well its extremely valuable evidence. i prosecuted the rwanda and can the atrocities in sierra leone, and this is better evidence than we had. each of these provides the number and the individual tortured to death. and we have do...

In place, el paso is one of the safest cities in our country. >> now, the el paso mayor, a republican by the way, says what you just heard from the president is simply not true. >> i think the president is echoing or repeating what the texas attorney general said a few weeks ago that was wrong, and i think thats probably where he got his statistics. the end of his comments about us being the safest city in the united states is correct based on the uniform crime statistics that are reported to th...

We have not had crime issues. when the fence went up, before the fence went up and after. we were -- i think my police department told me before -- before the fence went up, we were like number two and then a year after the fence was up, we were still number two in the nation as safest city and then later on we game the following year i think number one the safest city in the united states. >> do you think its the stretch of fence in el paso thats really played a role in reducing the number of i...

The solar panels are they really good for the environment? and how much money are people going to save from this? you put a lot of money upfront. do you know the answer to that? >> listen, im all for the free market and one of the sponsors of our radio show is a solar panel company. im all for it if you want to do it and thats the great thing about a free country. if you want to put solar panels on your house free to do it. some houses its not a good idea. the angle of the roof maybe there is tr...